Projects
Ongoing research projects with JLU participation
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ACGG |
Accelerating Crop Genetic Gain (Int. graduate program in plant breeding with University of Queensland)project, funding: DFG coordinator: Prof. Dr. Rod Snowdon, JLU Giessen |
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Testing of a cultivation system for the further development of organic farming on the Hessian State Domain Gladbacherhof, funding: HMUKLV project coordinators: Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger, Professorship of Organic Farming and Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer, Professorship of Landscape, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles, both JLU Giessen |
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The project “BioRegion Kassel – City and Land” aims to build and strengthen bioregional value chains from farm to fork by identifying and bringing together relevant actors and investigating and developing bundling and logistics structures in the target region. Funding: Hesse Organic Action Plan, HMUKLV project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Christian Herzig, Institute for Business Administration of the Agricultural and Food Sector, JLU Giessen |
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ClienFarms - LOEWE priority program |
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Identify, evaluate and improve technical, organisational and financial solutions at company level that contribute to the climate neutrality of European agriculture by 2050. funding: EU Horizon project coordination: INRAE, Frankreich partners from JLU: Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger, Professorship for Organic Farming and Dr. Deise Knob (Gladbacherhof) |
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DARWIN |
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Transition to safe and sustainable food systems through new and innovative Detection methods and digital solutions for plAnt-based pRoducts derived from neW genomIc techniques, under a co-creatioN approach – EU Horizon (01/2024 – 06/2027) partner from JLU: Prof. Dr. Wencke Gwozdz, Chair of Consumer Research |
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Generate practical knowledge about diversity in food for the establishment of ecological and more sustainable food systems, funding: ERAnet Cofund Scheme (H2020) SUSFOOD / Core Organic project coordinators: Prof. Ewa Kopczyńska, Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow and Prof. Stefan Wahlen, Professorship for Food Sociology, JLU Giessen |
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LOEWE program developping innovative crop-livestock systems which are both ecologically and economically sustainable, enable a special level of animal welfare and are widely accepted in society, funding: LOEWE, HMWK project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger, Professorship for Organic Farming and Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer, Professorship of Landscape, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles, both JLU Giessen |
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"Circular feeding strategies in organic chicken farming", development of sustainable feeding strategies in organic chicken farming including the value chains egg and poultry meat, while improving environmental and climate impacts, Funding: BMEL project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger and Dr. Engel (Oberer Hardthof), both JLU Giessen partners fom JLU: Prof. Dr. Sven König, Prof. Dr. Klaus Eder, Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer |
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Diversification of food systems, to combat malnutrition in Africa, funding: EU Horizon project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Michael Frei, JLU Giessen partner from JLU: Prof. Dr. Ramona Teuber, Chair of Agricultural and Food Market Analysis |
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International PhD Program for Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy and Sustainable Food Systems, funding: DAAD project coordinator: Prof. Martin Petrick, Professorship for Agricultural, Food and Environmental Policy, JLU Gießen |
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Horizon Europe research project, aiming for the transformation of food systems and food environments towards healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour, funding EU Horizon CREA, Rome (Italy) (siehe hier: https://planeat-project.eu/partner-crea/) partner from JLU: Prof. Dr. Wencke Gwozdz, Chair of Consumer Research |
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Protein Sources |
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Exploring metabolic effects resulting from replacing conventional protein sources with insect meal in broilers, funding: DFG project coordinator: project coordinator: Prof. Klaus Eder and Prof. Robert Ringseis, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Physiology, JLU Giessen |
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Rapeseed as an indigenous source of high quality protein for human nutrition, funding: DFG project coordination: NPZ Innovation GmbH (Dr. Frank Wolter) partner from JLU: Prof. Dr. Rod Snowdon, Chair of Plant Breeding |
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research-collaborative project, Developing a sustainable cultivation system for food resilient metropolitan areas, funding: BMBF project coordinator: Fraunhofer UMSICHT Partner from JLU: Dr. Sandra Schwindenhammer |
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Regional value chains for organically produced tea and spice plants: potentials, obstacles, cooperations, Funding: Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Christian Herzig, Chair of Agribusiness Management and Food Economics, JLU Giessen |
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TRIO - LOEWE Schwerpunkt |
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Transformative mixed culture systems for One Health, funding: LOEWE, HMWK Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Miriam Athmann, University of Kassel Partners from JLU: Prof. Dr. Lutz Breuer (Chair of Landscape, Water and Biogeochemical Cycles), Prof. Dr. Michael Frei (Chair of Agronomy and Crop Physiology), Prof. Dr. Andreas Gattinger (Chair of Organic Farming), Dr. Stefanie Glaeser (work group leader at the Institute of Applied Microbiology (AG Prof. Dr. Kämpfer)), Prof. Dr. Christian Herzig (Chair of Agribusiness Management and Food Economics), Prof. Dr. Ramona Teuber (Chair of Agricultural and Food Market Analysis) |
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The aim of the project WERTSCHÄTZEN - Food cooperatives for strengthening regional organic value chains - is to identify potentials and challenges for further development and dissemination of the concept of cooperative grocery shops (FoodHubs, SuperCoops, etc.), to identify solutions for the implementation of the concept and to promote knowledge transfer and networking between the actors. Funding: BMEL/BÖL project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Christian Herzig, Chair of Agribusiness Management and Food Economics, JLU Giessen |